Two assault rifles, a shotgun and two handguns have been recovered from the home and car of suspect Daniel Yealu, 29, who is accused of shooting an officer multiple times in the lobby of LAPD’s West Bureau Traffic division on Monday, April 7, 2014. (Photo courtesy LAPD)

Assault weapons and a large amount of ammunition were found in the home of the man police say walked into a Mid-City Los Angeles police station and opened fire with a Glock pistol, injuring one officer, officials said Tuesday.

An AK-47 was also found in the shooting suspect’s car, parked just outside the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Traffic Division, and officials say they don’t know why he chose to leave that weapon in the vehicle.

The suspected shooter was identified as 29-year-old West Los Angeles resident Daniel Yealu, a onetime applicant to join the LAPD. Authorities said Yealu walked into the police station on Monday, possibly said something about wanting to make a complaint and then opened fire on officers working at the station’s front desk.

One officer, who has been identified only as a seven-year veteran of the force, was shot seven times but is in good condition and is expected to recover, according to Police Chief Charlie Beck.

The injured officer and his female partner both fired at the suspect, critically wounding him. At least one bullet that hit the officer was deflected by a backup weapon he had in his pocket. He was wounded in the shoulder and in the side of his torso, and Beck noted the deflected bullet would likely have hit a critical artery.

“Having that backup gun saved his life,” Beck said.

Beck hailed the two officers, saying they prevented anyone else from being injured, including about 30 area residents who were in a neighborhood council meeting in a community room adjacent to the lobby at the time.

“They showed extreme courage under fire. That is a trite phrase that can be overused, but in this case it is extremely accurate,” he said at Tuesday’s LAPD Board of Commissioners meeting. “Those officers’ actions saved not only their own lives but the lives of other employees that work in West Traffic and multiple community members who were in a room right next door.”

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Commission President Steve Soboroff said he visited the officer in the hospital and that he is in good spirits. He, too, praised both officers involved in the shooting, saying they prevented the incident from escalating and kept both the community and other officers safe.

“Together they performed a miracle,” Soboroff said.

Among the weapons found in Yealu’s home were two assault rifles, a shotgun and two handguns. Online records show he was licensed as a security guard and held a firearm permit in California beginning in 2005, but those permits lapsed at the end of 2013. Yealu previously applied to be an LAPD officer, but was not accepted, officials said. Details of when he applied or why he was rejected were not immediately disclosed. Beck declined to speculate on a motive.

Though hospitalized, Yealu was arrested in absentia and is being held in lieu of $2 million bail, according to online jail records.